Mar 26 Next: The Alps

As one of Next's broadest themes to date, the winter menu toured five countries: France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria. The classical dishes from the initial "French farmhouse" spread along with the pre-dessert bitter greens and fennel-ice salad were the most compelling courses of the meal.

The Tale of Stone Soup

Stone Soup

Jean-Yves Peron Champ Levat Mondeuse, Savoie, France, 2013

Game pie; foie gras torchon with brioche

Gratin of Beaufort and Trumpet Crozets

Game pie

Gâteau de St. Genix avec du beurre de chèvre

Augustiner-Bräu Edelstoff Lager, Germany

Made-to-order pretzel, sausages and pickles

Pork belly schnitzel with cherry and black walnut

Melting raclette

Raclette

Raclette with potatoes

Raclette with potatoes

The pretzel

Black truffle-infused yellow Chartreuse

The warming yurt: chocolate with black truffle and milk crisp

The top of the Swiss mountain: Preserved summer berries with cognac and honey